ORGANISATION
Alpha Pain Clinic is a unit of Alpha Charitable Trust. It has a Board of Patrons and a Board of Directors comprising six eminent doctors. The operation is headed by the Chairman.
Board Members
Patrons
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Mr.Innocent (Cine Artist, President AMMA)
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Mr.Joy Alukkas (Chairman, Joy Alukkas Group)
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Mr.V.P.Nandakumar (Chairman, Manappuram Group of Companies )
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Mr.V.A.Hassan (Managing Director, S.B.K. Group )
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Mr.Sundar Menon T.A (CEO & Chairman, Sun Group)
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Mr.Sabah Joseph (Chairman, Sabah Group of Institutions)
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Mr.Lalu Samuel (President, Clipsal, Managing Director, Pearlite)
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Mr.C.V.Rappai (Director and General Maanger, Ahmad bin Saif Althani & Partners, Director, Infrastructure Kerala Ltd.)
Directors
Dr.M.R.Rajagopal (Chairman,Pallium India and Prof. of Pain and Palliative Medicine, SUT Hospital, Trivandrum)
Dr.V.P.Gangadharan (Consultant Medical Oncologist, Lakeshore Hospital, Ernakulam)
Dr.Suresh Kumar (Director, Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut)
Dr.K.K.Mohandas (Consultant Opthalmologist and Managing Partner, Elite Mission Hospital, Thrissur)
Dr.Fazal Mohammed (Consultant ENT Surgeon, Thrissur)
Dr.Mustaq Ali (Consultant Dermatologist and Cosmetologist, Kaloor, Ernakulam)
Mr.Ashraf Ali M.A (Executive Director, EMKE Group)
Mr.Sajan Mathew (President, Alpha Palliative Council, U.A.E)
Chairman: Mr.K.M.Noordeen
Administration Head : Mr. K.K.Sugathan , A.G.M.(Retd.) Saud Bahwan Group (Email: sugathankk@gmail.com)
Chief Programme co-ordinator : Prof. A.B.Abbas (Email: prof.abbas@gmail.com)
Public Relations Officer : Mr.Suresh Sreedharan (Email: sureshkuruvath@gmail.com)
Hospice Coordinator : Ms. Valsala Devi (Email: valsaladevick@gmail.com)
Medical Division
The major activity of the medical division is Homecare. A medical team comprising specially trained doctors and nurses visit patients in their homes to bring down the physical discomforts experienced so that the patients can continue to live in their own homes. Three medical teams sets out for home care on six days a week. Homecare on Sundays is need-based.
Alpha Pain Clinic has a 12-bed palliative care hospital which is open for admission round the clock on all days. Alpha Hospice has four rooms where patients needing Long Term Care (LTC) are housed.
The medical division has 44 staff members based in Edamuttam, Thrissur and six staff members in Palakkad Clinic.
Community Division
The Community Division is headed by Chief Programme Coordinator and assisted by the Public Relations Officer, Volunteers Coordinator, Patient Coordinator and about 150 active volunteers
The Community Division is responsible for all the non-medical problems faced by the patient, such as economic, psycho-social and spiritual. The economic issues involve problems related to livelihood, employment, housing, education of the children, etc.
Organizing awareness classes, training classes for volunteers, government and public relation are also within the scope of Community Division.
Alpha Chapters
Volunteers organise Chapters at various locations in and outside India. The Chapters in India ensure community participation by way of group discussions and organising rehabilitation projects. The Chapters outside India act as a support group arranging assistance to various projects undertaken by Alpha Pain Clinic and organizing awareness classes.